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Jesus Christ and the Human Heart Kevin Douglas JanuaryandFebruary2010 “Pullout” Volume43Number1 Price£4.50 faithPROMOTING A NEW SYNTHESIS OF FAITH AND REASON TheProblemofEvil Editorial JesusChristandtheHumanHeart Kevin Douglas TheDe-humanisationofMaritalSex Cormac Burke ScienceandReligion:TowardsaConstructiveDialogue Alister McGrath Also Peter Mitchell on the beauty of the Ordinary Form James Tolhurst on the Pope and the Mass William Oddie on spinning the Pope’s words Vivian Boland on a prescription for modernity Hugh MacKenzie on responding to evil www.faith.org.uk A special series of pamphlets REASONS FOR BELIEVING from Faith Movement Straightforward, up to date and well argued pamphlets on basic issues of Catholic belief, this new series will build into a single, coherent apologetic vision of the Christian Mystery. They bring out the inner coherence of Christian doctrine and show how God’s revelation makes sense of our own nature and of our world. Five excellent pamphlets in the series are now in print. CanwebesureGodexists? WhatmakesManunique? TheDisasterofSin JesusChristOurSaviour JesusChristOurRedeemer NEWTheChurch: Christ’sVoicetotheWorld ToorderpleasewritetoSrRoseannReddy,Faith-KeywayTrustPublicationsOffice, 104AlbertRoad,GlasgowG428DRorgotowww.faith.org.uk annualfaith Catholicism summerconference aNew Synthesis byEdwardHolloway Pope John Paul II gave the blueprint for catechetical renewal with the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Catholicism: 1st-5thAugust2011 A New Synthesis seeks to show why atWoldinghamSchool such teaching makes perfect sense in a world which has come of age in scientific Fivedaysoflecturesfor15-30yearolds. understanding. It offers a way out of the Discussion and seminars around a current intellectual crisis, a way which particular theme, in a relaxed holiday is both modern and orthodox. environment, with daily Mass and prayer. contact: AnnMcCallionTel:01419450393 £14.00503pp email: [email protected] full details: www.faith.org.uk Sr RoseannReddy,Faith-KeywayTrustPublications Office,104AlbertRoad,GlasgowG428DR Contents 02 Synthesis 03 TheProblemofEvil Editorial 08 JesusChristandtheHumanHeart Fr Kevin Douglas 11 TheDe-humanisationofMaritalSex Mgr Cormac Burke 16 ScienceandReligion:TowardsaConstructiveDialogue Alister McGrath RegularOurRegularColumnsColumns 18 Letters On intolerance of religion, synthesising science and religion, the Soho Mass, and the concept of sacrifice. 19 TheTruthWillSetYouFree The context for responding to evil. 20 BookReviews Vivian Boland OP on a thought-provoking diagnosis of and prescription for modern thought. Fr James Tolhurst on Pope Benedict’s magnificent and insightful Eucharistic teaching. Fr Stephen Dingley on a monist attempt to make creation coherent. Fr Richard Whinder some noble attempts to increase Newman’s accessibility. 23 TheRoadFromRegensburg The Pope calls for a big effort at developing Catholic thought. 24 CommentontheComments William Oddie on a supposition that the Pope is moving beyond Natural Law. 26 NotesFromAcrosstheAtlantic Peter Mitchell prioritises the reverent celebration of the Ordinary Form. 28 CuttingEdge More of the manifest relationship of matter and mind. Editor Hugh MacKenzie, St. Mary Magdalen’s, Clergy House, Peter Avenue, Willesden Green, London NW10 2DD, Tel 020 8451 6720, [email protected] DeputyEditor Kevin Douglas EditorialBoardDavid Barrett, Timothy Finigan, Andrea Fraile, Roger Nesbitt, Christina Read, Dominic Rolls, Luiz Ruscillo, Mark Vickers. 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Volume43Number1 Synthesis On November27 2010 a publicly staged debate The Pope’scomments on condoms in his interview on the motion: “That religion is a force for good in with Peter Seewald, Light of the Word, have sparked an the world” took place in Toronto and was shown on online debate between Professor Luke Gormally and Canadian TV. Tony Blair spoke for the motion and Fr Martin Rhonheimer over the definition of the “marital Christopher Hitchens against. Hitchens, who won the act”. Both are agreed that, as it is a personal act, vote among the 2,700 capacity audience by a factor spiritual intentionality is crucial. However, Rhonheimer of 2:1, characterised religion as “a cruel experiment relegates the traditionally emphasised relationship of whereby we are created sick and ordered to be well” this intention to the physical dimension of giving and creating a “celestial dictatorship” which was “greedy receiving the male seed. Cormac Burke’s piece in this issue offers a helpful development of the traditional for praise from dawn to dusk.” vision by beautifully linking the unitive We might well observe that a trained aspect of the marital act with the theologian or a well-catechised giving of the “seed of oneself”. Catholic would probably have Fr Kevin Douglas convincingly been able to answer this defends and develops our caricature, but, with understanding of the respect, Tony Blair is relationship between neither. Actually not all physical body and religions, nor even all spiritual soul. The main Christian sects, believe entry in our Cutting in Original Sin. Edge column shows However, Hitchens’ how this relationship, slick parody captures contrary to the an all-too-common apparent monism view of Christian not to say fideism of teaching. Professor Ayala the 2010 Templeton Prize In this fortieth anniversary winner, is related to a year of Faith magazine, proper understanding we republish the editorial of the relationship between article from May/June 1989 science and the spiritual. by Edward Holloway, chiefly We are very honoured to have because it is still so relevant to this Alister McGrath’s hopeful and controversy. As he predicts in the convincing discernment of a general conclusion, it was in fact one of his last move in this direction. Yet, like Professor Ayala, editorials before he retired from the editorship he invokes Gould’s theory of the “non-overlapping through ill health. magisteria” of science and religion to suggest that theistic and atheistic philosophy of science are The piece contains a wealth of illuminating insights “both entirely reasonable”. into the problem of evil and the goodness of God. It beautifully manifests a theology that is also deeply Our last editorial discussed this radical separation pastoral, and a philosophy that flows from lived of science and metaphysics which is so widespread experience. amongst Christian thinkers. We argued that it flows from doggedly maintaining, in the analysis of human knowing, He shows how Original Sin makes sense when we the Greek vision of formality as something static, which understand the profound communion and mutual emphasis modern science itself has rightly undermined. ministry of all creation in Christ, in whom we were Our next editorial will consider the effect of all this upon constituted in original holiness, upon whom the moral debates such as the one mentioned above. impact of evil was greatest, and in whom is found As ever, we will emphasise that our physical bodies healing and purification from sin. In him too, the have a profound meaning which is rooted in the flesh of ultimate victory of real goodness and charity Christ, which flesh is our “real food indeed”. As Tertullian is assured. said, in what regular readers will know is a favourite phrase of ours, “The flesh is the hinge of salvation.” 02 FaithISynthesis The Problem of Evil Editorial “ The Lord is not slow about his promise … but is patient towards you” 2 Peter 3:9 Part One: have. It cannot commune with God, even as it cannot offend HowisEvilPossible? Him. The spiritual creature, angel or man, shares as spiritual It is said that the only real and intelligent objection to belief in God’s own self-recognition, self-love, and in that self- in the existence of God, is the problem of evil. Many will be determination which we call “freedom”. Its fulfillment will inclined to agree. Certainly any discussion of the goodness lie in its cooperation with God, as God seeks it and desires of God and the power of God among younger teenagers will its love. There will be God’s one Truth, not any truth, God’s eventually drift to the demand “if there is a God, why does one order of Goodness, not anything the creature likes. He let it all happen?” If, on the plane of moral evil rather The creature is not its own happiness. It will discover its than physical or “natural” evil, one replies that with the real happiness only in God in a recognition that is free from the freedom of the free will goes the real power of personal fundamentals of its being. It will not find God without the sanctifying grace to sweeten and transform our personalities seeking and prompting of God; yet its own response is if we will allow Him, the rejoinder comes, “well, yes, but if known as “free” from the root of its dignity as spiritual. The He is almighty why does He not stop me from sinning and spiritual creation does not have to obey from
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